The global recession continues to create new realities for students, institutions, and faculty members engaged in higher education. This blog chronicles those changes for academic / historical record purposes. Click on the URL at the end of each posting to view the complete news report.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

St. Louis University to make massive budget cuts, layoffs - Kayla Gaffney, KMOV

St. Louis University will make massive budget cuts next week which will affect staff member’s jobs. SLU plans to cut about four percent of jobs Tuesday, March 7 which means about 120 positions. The university said the cuts were necessary because of a $16 million deficit it experienced this past fiscal year. The deficit is blamed on a decline in enrollment and increases in operation expenses.
http://www.kmov.com/story/34663331/slu-budget-cuts-layoffs